Friday, March 6, 2009

Grades 7-12: NASA's Upcoming Speakers


NASA would like to announce the upcoming Wednesday speakers for the DLiNFocus Videoconference series. The series is aimed at upper middle school and high school students to expose them to the variety of careers and research being done at NASA. Each Wednesday a researcher will talk about their work for about 20min and their career path for 10min. Following the presentation is a chance for 5 schools to ask questions to the speaker about their research and career.
The series is every Wednesday at 10:00 PDT (1:00 EDT)..
March’s presenters:
March 4 – Astrobiology – looking at the chemistry of the stars
March 11 – Video Game Technology – explore how the same skills to create video games can assist in NASA mission planning.
March 18 – Lunar Exploration – Using research on the geology of Mars and Europa to plan for future lunar exploration.
March 25 – Astronomy – the exact topic of the talk will be determined shortlyApril 1 – Astrobiology – Examining the role of oxygen to model climate and to look back at Earth’s history.Please visit: http://erc.arc.nasa.gov/dln for more details and registration for each week. Thank you.